Fade Away

By Holly M., Virginia Beach, VA

Image Credit: Lindsay S., Billings, MT

The author's comments:

This poem is about my grandfather, who died after battling lung cancer for three years...

you sit there at the table staring, unblinking newspaper and coffee in your hand cigarette butts littering the tablecloth i run to you....silent screams for you....can you feel me reaching for you? hey, look at this.... watch me as i fade away watch me as i turn and run out the door never look back so i don't have to watch this, the end of a project why do we carry on with our projects? because the final act is a prayer card with your picture of you smiling back at me but you don't even smile back at me today so watch me as i fade away watch me as i fall apart

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